S’Court ruling: Tension as INEC keeps affected candidates guessing
THERE is anxiety among political parties and candidates affected by penultimate week’s decision of Supreme Court ahead of the publication of final list of governorship and State Houses of Assembly candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on October 10.
Christian Atsu’s body found in Turkey quake rubble
The body of former Ghana international Christian Atsu has been found after a huge earthquake in Turkey, local media reported Saturday, quoting his manager. Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing more than 43,000 people in both countries. There were initial reports he had […]
EFCC boss, Bawa must go to jail, CSOs tell IGP
More than 120 front-line Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations, on Friday, held a massive town hall meeting, in Lagos, to round off their week-long protest against what they called “Politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Disobedience of Court Orders and Infringement on Human Rights of Nigerians” under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa.
I’ll be enjoying in my grave if you fail to rescue Nigeria — Adebanjo tells Nigerians
On April 10, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere leader, lawyer, politician and activist will be 95 years. Not many of his colleagues are still around as he would readily remind you.
DELTA: Why Ibori, Uduaghan, Okowa couldn’t agree on consensus candidate
HAD the three legs of the power triangle, brand them godfathers of Delta State politics – the Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa; ex-governors, Chief James Ibori, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, harmoniously resolved on a consensus Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for the March 11 governorship polls , no other political force in the state could have fruitfully dared them.
Presidency to Nigerians: Vote APC or any party of your choice
The Presidency on Friday said that it is only politicians who are afraid of losing elections that are accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of planning to truncate the democracy and handover to an interim government.
